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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Jabiru \Jab"i*ru\, n. [Braz. jabir['u], jabur['u].] (Zo["o]l.) One of several large wading birds of the genera {Mycteria} and {Xenorhynchus}, allied to the storks in form and habits. Note: The American jabiru ({Mycteria Americana}) is white, with the head and neck black and nearly bare of feathers. The East Indian and Australian ({Xenorhynchus Australis}) has the neck, head, and back covered with glossy, dark green feathers, changing on the head to purple. The African jabiru ({Mycteria, or Ephippiorhynchus, Senegalensis}) has the neck, head, wing coverts, and tail, black, and is called also {saddle-billed stork}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: jabiru n 1: large mostly white Australian stork [syn: {policeman bird}, {black-necked stork}, {Xenorhyncus asiaticus}] 2: large black-and-white stork of tropical Africa; its red bill has a black band around the middle [syn: {saddlebill}, {Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis}] 3: large white stork of warm regions of the world esp. America [syn: {Jabiru mycteria}]
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